Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose DeepSeek R1 (0528) if you want reasoning-heavy planning where cost matters. Choose Kimi K2.7 Code if you want cheap, capable open-weight coding agents.
In our editorial scoring, Kimi K2.7 Code leads in 5 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability, speed, value for $ and reliability), while DeepSeek R1 (0528) leads in 0. On price, DeepSeek R1 (0528) runs about $0.99 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; Kimi K2.7 Code is about $1.35 and open-weight.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.